[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 12]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1930.142]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVIII--RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE 
SERVICE, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                         AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1930--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C--Management and Supervision of Multiple Family Housing 
                     Borrowers and Grant Recipients
 
Sec. 1930.142  Complaints regarding discrimination in use and occupancy of MFH.

    Any tenant or prospective tenant seeking occupancy or use of RRH, 
RCH, LH, or related facilities who believes he or she has been 
discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national 
origin, age, familial status, or handicap may file a complaint in person 
with, or by mail to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Washington, DC 20410, 
or any HUD office, or to the Administrator, FmHA or its successor agency 
under Public Law 103-354, USDA, Washington, DC 20250. If the complaint 
is made to an FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 
County, Servicing, or State Office, it must be directed to the Director 
of Equal Opportunity Staff (EOS), National Office by the FmHA or its 
successor agency under Public Law 103-354 employee in charge of that 
office. When a complaint is sent to FmHA or its successor agency under 
Public Law 103-354-EOS by a FmHA or its successor agency under Public 
Law 103-354 Servicing Office, the State Director will be made aware of 
the complaint.
    (a) Personnel in FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-
354 field offices will provide assistance to the aggrieved party when 
filling out required forms and filing a complaint.
    (b) Each complaint must contain the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the respondent (complainant).
    (2) The name and address of the aggrieved person.
    (3) A description and the address of the dwelling which is involved, 
if appropriate.
    (4) A concise statement of the facts, including pertinent dates, 
constituting the alleged discriminatory housing practice.

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    (c) Participants in FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 
103-354's housing program failing to comply with the requirements of 
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended by the Fair 
Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and the respective Affirmative Fair 
Housing Marketing Plan will make themselves liable to sanction 
authorized by law, regulations, agreements, rules and/or policies 
governing the program pursuant to which the application was made. All 
complaints will be handled in accordance with prescribed procedure. 
Victims of alleged discriminatory housing practices may seek reparations 
through HUD or by private lawsuit.